Technology19 Jul 2026SEO 881 min read

Analysis: Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI , accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple empl…

Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI , accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.”) On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I debated whether this lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAI’s much-discussed plans to get into the hardware business…

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